The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-30
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Turkish embroidery is very much the
fashion
Red is prevailing color just now in all
shades and materials,
The polonaise has once more attained
high fashionable rank.
ElabOratelJ trimmed bathing dresses
are not as petty as plain ones.
A single stud will probably be worn
in dress shirt fronts next winter.
The four-in-hand scarf continues to
hold its own against all rivals for favor.
The latest absurd eccentricity in neck
wear is fourth hand of Russia leather.
MORE is considered the most effective
/ foundation for black or white lace cos
! tunes.
Sashes are in high favor and can be
/ adjusted in whatever way the wearer
| prefers.
The Governor of Missouri has appointed
| number of women to be notaries
/ public
The pea pattern or polka dot is
| again in vogue, and is seen upon various
materials.
A lady at Cape May wears $50, 900
worth of diamonds all at once The ex-
hibition is free
Tea gowns have become universal and
| are made in all fabrics from lawn and
batiste to satin and velvet.
The only female station agent on the
Grand Trunk line is Miss Lilly McFar-
lane, lady and a hustler.
Mrs. Rachel Lloyd makes $1,000
year teaching chemistry to students of
the Nebraska State University.
Mrs Fropoac HO1 Dr.
on her third visit to Europe which she
left when fourteen years of age.
Sashes of watered ribbon, twelve inches
in width are frequently tied on the left
hip with two loops and very long ends.
A Florida woman has made a bedquilt
containg 16, 900 pieces each piece being
less than the size of mans thumb-nail.
There are more than 60, 900 widows in
the State of Massachusetts, of whom
about half are less than forty years of
age.
Velvet sashes are lined with silk, gath
cred to point on the ends, and finished
with beaded or silk tassel matching the
lining
Expert girls making the first quality OF
mems linen collars can, in the troy fac
tories fO- instance, earn from $25 to $50
per week.
What is known as wool foulard is
new summer dress material. 1t is fresh
and dainty, having neutral grounds
strewr with flowers.
The fashion of matching the various
parts of the toilet seems to be on the in
crease. These costumes are very elegant,
but usually prove expensive.
The newest styles in hair dressing
show the hair brushed high and fastened
almost over the forehead, instead of in
the middle of the head as heretofore.
The simulated corselet, cut rather high
and completed by the picturesque Russian
guimpe, is much favored by stylish young
ladies as a bodice for midsummer toilets.
Miss Caroline Kinsey is the Super1n-
tendent of the Tazewell County Qllinois)
Poor Farm, at a salary of 50, 600 per
year. She succeeded her father to the
position.
Light weight jersey silk bcdices are |
worn with dressy skirts of other mate |
rial They have the elegant fit of the
regular silk web jerseys, but cost third .
less in price.
Mrs Parker, of Dundee, Scotland,
founder of the British Women's Temper
ance Association, is going to bring 1000 !
Scotch women to California to be domes-
tic servants.
Among the newest ornaments for the
hair are large butterflies and dragon flies
made of feathers, and so true to nature
that their delicately penciled wings are
strewn over with velvety DUST
Mrs. Annie Cummings, of San Fran
cisco, once the champion roller skater of |
the country, now enjoys the distinction
of being the only female employe of the |
Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
The newest ribbons are double sided, |
having a different color on each side, and .
retaining the picot edge. The color com
binations are exquisite, and charming
bows and rosettes are made from them.
A bunch CT jauntily-arranged cocks
feathers is a favorite trimming for straw
hats They are dyed in all colors, prin-
cipally pink, green and dark blue, but
the most beautiful are those in the natu-
raj dark green.
Natile, ex-Queen of Servia, is passion
ately fond of flowers and children. She
is said to have rescued a little girl once
from the teeth of mad dog. During
the Russo Bulgarian war she was to be
found day and night in the hospitals.
The Princess Louise is woman of no
ordinary nerve and courage. She has
steered a canoe through some of the